Re: Column typing.

>
> Am I asking too much of Abiword 2.3.99?
>
> I would like to make up a two column document. First of all doing some
> typing
> in column one, then some in column two, then back to column one, then to
> column two, and so on. The start of each block of typing needs to line up
> with the block in the other column.
>
>
> For example:
>
> First block of typing I do is in Second bloc is in column two
> column one
>
> Third block is in column one Fourth block is in column two
>
>
> I can't find a way of doing this. The only column facility I can find is
> to
> keep typing until the first column is full and then the text carries on
> into
> column two. Which I don't want. Creating two columns by tabbing, is a
> non-starter as it plays havoc if the text in one of the columns has to be
> altered!
>
> If someone could either tell me how to do it, or tell me that it can't be
> done, I would be very grateful. Perhaps it needs a publishing program to
> accomplish this?
>
> Congratulations on Abiword. The hard work is paying off and it is a really
> excellent word processor.
>

Hi Keith,
         Thanks very much for your encouragement.

I think what you want to do is much more easily obtained by inserting a
table and then turning off the lines that divide the table.

That way you can be sure each paragraph lines up correctly on the left and
right sides.

When you turn off drawing the lines, they appear as broken lines on the
screen but when you print they do not show up at all.

You do the latter with the "format table" dialog. This is launched from
the menu->table selection.

You can find out more about tables and how to use them from our help
documentation.

http://www.abisource.com/help/en-US/index.html

http://www.abisource.com/help/en-US/interface/dialogformattable.html

Cheers

Martin

> Cheers
>
> Keith
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Received on Wed Oct 5 15:11:43 2005